A “I’m alive and well and excited and enjoying life,” the bilingual songbird, born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona, tells us. Currently penning her memoirs, Carr, 68, accentuates the positive: “I’m friends with my exes,” she tells us. “ I haven’t had the scandals of drugs or alcoholism.” But there was that spicy moment when, after singing at the White House, Carr asked President Gerald Ford what his favorite Mexican dish was. “ You,” Ford replied. Mrs. Ford was not amused.